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Dollar selling climbs after Trichet accepts rollover plan

Open season on the dollar continues to keep the bulls at bay. A top Chinese official stumbled across portfolio theory and warned against the danger of failing to diversify. German... Read >>

Yen pops higher as risk aversion rises

The dollar continued to flounder at the outset of a quiet start to a new trading week as investors continue to fret over the implication for growth from the creation of a meager 54,000... Read >>

Dollar and yen ahead before U.S. payrolls

Ahead of Friday's U.S. employment report traders have itchy fingers with few daring to fire meaningful shots. Tension was elevated following an ADP report showing private employers... Read >>

Have a cigar

Moody's latest ratings downgrade for Greece brings the nation's credit-worthiness to the same level as Cuba and puts default as likely as the outcome of a coin toss. For an advanced... Read >>

Resolution in sight buoys euro

Investors are seemingly immune whenever negative news appears showing their stronger will to drive risk forward than backwards. Hopes for a somewhat lasting resolution to the problem of how... Read >>

Investors eye riskier bets – stocks up, dollar down

It's amazing what a drop of sunshine will do to sentiment. Investors returned from a long three-day weekend to find global equity markets surging on optimism that an advancing global... Read >>

Euro ends week on a firmer footing

A potentially lethal week for Europe's single currency is heading to a positive end for the unit as fears of a crash in its fortunes have lost momentum. As the biggest bond holder in... Read >>

Dollar takes a beating following tepid jobs and growth data

Lesser worries over disruptions to the global growth scenario and hopes that sovereign woes may enhance the appeal of European government bonds to savvy yield-hungry Asian investors has... Read >>

Pound lifted by in-line growth data

The necessary evil of a Greek default continues to hang overhead like the Sword of Damocles with some wishing for its fall given the prospect of its removal seems less likely. This year's... Read >>

Steady as she goes for the euro

When the single European currency unit was initially launched more than a decade ago it was nicknamed the "toilet currency" by bearish traders full of disdain for its prospects. Their... Read >>

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